Laptop Sleeve Convertible to Personal Body Armor

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates generally to a protective sleeve for electronic products including laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices (hereinafter referred to as “Laptop Sleeve”) that easily and quickly converts into a light weight and compact personal ballistic body armor that can also provide effective stab resistance while being concealed as a commonly used and carried item.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a protective sleeve forelectronic products including laptops, tablets, and other electronicdevices (hereinafter referred to as “Laptop Sleeve”) that easily andquickly converts into a light weight and compact personal ballistic bodyarmor that can also provide effective stab resistance while beingconcealed as a commonly used and carried item.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:

Public shootings involving firearms are becoming more prevalent andfatal. With easy access to firearms, there is a reasonable fear of beinga victim in a “mass shooting” incident. Public locations with eventsthat gather large crowds are potential targets due to the higherprobability of casualties.

Personal armor can be worn to protect oneself in a deadly situationinvolving a perpetrator with a firearm or edged weapon such as a knife.

Armor is completely ineffective if it is not readily available whenneeded. Existing inventions and products attempt to address this issueby incorporating ballistic armor into products such as bullet proof clipboards, armored briefcases, armored backpacks, etc.

Current inventions and products do not include a laptop sleeve productfor consumers that easily and quickly converts into an armored ballisticresistant vest that can be worn by an individual during a mass shootingincident.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:

The present invention relates generally to a protective sleeve forelectronic products including laptops, tablets, and other electronicdevices that easily and quickly converts into a light weight and compactpersonal ballistic body armor that can also provide effective stabresistance while being concealed as a commonly used and carried item.

The Laptop Sleeve can be easily and quickly converted from its laptopsleeve configuration and utilized as a body armor that is worn as a vestby the user. The panels of the convertible sleeve are joined by a fullyencompassing zipper around the entire circumference or by hook and loop,magnet, snap(s), button, buckles or any other alternative method thatallows the joining and separation of the two panels that can be quicklyand easily disconnected to separate the panels of the Laptop Sleeve toconvert the sleeve to an armored vest that can be worn by an individual.

Once the Laptop Sleeve is converted to an armored vest, there areadjustable shoulder and side straps that can be adjusted to fit theheight and width of an individual's torso.

Both side panels of the Laptop Sleeve feature an accessible pocket thatholds the ballistic resistant armor for this novel product andapplication.

Depending on the threat level protection that is desired, the materialused for these armor panels will vary and consequently the thickness,weight, and flexibility will change.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:

The accompanying drawings illustrate the general principles of theinvention which are meant to be exemplary and not limiting:

FIG. 1 is a view of the convertible Laptop Sleeve in its laptop sleeveconfiguration.

FIG. 2 is a view of the convertible Laptop Sleeve in its laptop sleeveconfiguration, unzipped and separated into the two halves.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the convertible armor when deployed as a vest.

FIG. 4 is a sectioned view of the convertible armor interior.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT:

The following description of the preferred embodiment of the inventionis exemplary and not to be limiting in scope, wherein the detaileddescription is meant to only provide illustrative depiction of thegeneral principles and conceptual aspects of the invention. Anyvariation on the general design that can be derived by a person ofrelevant skillset for said invention are to be included within the scopeof the invention. No attempt is made to show structural details of theinvention in more detail than is necessary for the fundamentalunderstanding of the invention, the description taken with the drawingsand/or examples making apparent to those skilled in the art how theseveral forms of the invention may be embodied in practice. Throughoutthe whole of this application, singular terms used herein shall includepluralities and plural terms shall include the singular. Similarly,throughout the description and the claims, the words ‘comprise’,‘comprising’, and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense asopposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense.

The present invention relates generally to a protective sleeve forelectronic products including laptops, tablets, and other electronicdevices that easily and quickly converts into a light weight and compactpersonal ballistic body armor that can also provide effective stabresistance while being concealed as a commonly used and carried item.

FIG. 1 shows the present invention in its laptop sleeve configurationwith the sleeve partially open to illustrate that ability to insert alaptop. 10 is a segmented representation of a laptop that can beinserted in the laptop sleeve configuration of the present invention.There is/are zipper pulls, 11, that allows for the zippers to glidealong the full length of the zipper paths, 12, that completely encompasseach panel and fully separate the two panels of the convertible armor.The zipper is partially open to expose the interior of the back panelshaded for illustration of the laptop being inserted. The area marked by13 contains the armor material layers that provide the ballistic, stab,and impact resistance of the present invention. There is another armormaterial contained on the opposite panel in the background of thefigure. The armor material is contained within each panel throughreinforced stitching shown by 14 in the figure. This stitching can becomprised of any fibers with adequate strength and durability. Thepresent embodiment utilizes high tenacity nylon or polyester fibers forthe stitching.

When fully unzipped, the two panels of the convertible armor can beseparated and quickly arranged to a vest configuration.

FIG. 2 shows the external sides, the face of the panel that would bedirected outward when in the laptop configuration and away from the bodywhen in the vest configuration, of the two armor panels when separatedand laid side by side. A laptop can sit in the open area between thepanels when in the closed laptop configuration. Reinforced stitching isused for all straps as depicted by 21. The side straps, 22 and 24, whennot in use can be laid flat and over laid by the opposite side strap onthat panel or tucked internally depending upon the intended use. Theside straps use connectors (i.e. hook and loop, snaps, plasticconnectors, etc.) which are adjustable to allow fit to different bodysizes and shapes.

The two panels will combine at 25 back into the laptop sleeveconfiguration. All shoulder and side straps are comprised of anappropriate high denier nylon or polyester as the core and theappropriate hook or loop fabric or connector attached at the depictedlocations discussed above

The straps can be assembled between the panel to act as shoulder andside straps for the convertible armor in its vest configuration depictedin FIG. 3 . Both the shoulder and side

1. A protective sleeve for electronic products including laptops,tablets, and other electronic devices (hereinafter referred to as“Laptop Sleeve”) that easily and quickly converts into a light weightand compact personal ballistic body armor that can also provideeffective stab resistance while being concealed as a commonly used andcarried item.
 2. A convertible laptop sleeve and protective devicecomprising a first panel comprising a ballistic armor material; a secondpanel comprising a ballistic armor material; and a plurality ofadjustable straps connecting the first and second panels, the strapsadjustable in a first position where the first and second panels arespaced apart to form a laptop computer sleeve, the straps furtheradjustable in a second position where the first and second panels arewearable over a body portion of a human.
 3. The device of claim 2,further comprising a zipper and zipper path attached to the first panel;and a zipper path attached to the second panel, where the zipper on thefirst panel is engageable with the zipper path on the second panel toconnect the first and second panels and form a pocket for a laptopcomputer when the device is in the first position.
 4. The device ofclaim, wherein the ballistic material of the first and second panelscomprises ballistic and stab resistant materials i.e. Aramid (Kevlar),HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene), Ceramic, Steel, Carbon Fiber,Graphene, or other polymers or combination of the above